Chapter 3 The opening ceremonies

The opening ceremonies will be soon. My prep team will prepare me for it. It's two boys called Melvin and John. There is a girl called June in my prep to. I meet my stylist Portia before lunch, she's new here. That's why I never seen her before. She talks about our outfit that she and Cinna created for us. She is kind, she asks me about my past. I tell her about the bakery, Sky and Sam and my parents. I talk about school too. But not about my secret, that I love Katniss. That's a secret right now. We eat lunch and then I get dressed in a outfit that maybe will kill me. It will catch fire, and I think that so am I. And gamemakers don't care in what condition we are when we enter the arena. I will die before I've made it to the the arena.

At the opening ceremonies.

Our horses is black, like coal. Me and Katniss take our positions behind the horses and Cinna says "Here we go then".

"What do you think?" Katniss whispers. "About the fire?"

" I'll rip off your cape if you'll rip of mine" I answer, whispering.

"Deal, baker boy" She answer, and we laugh. "I know we promised Haymitch we'll do exactly what they said, but I don't think he considered this angle" she whispers in my ear. "Where is Haymitch, anyway? Isn't he supposed to protect us from this sort of things?" I replay. "With all that alcohol in him, it's probably not advisable to have him around an open flame" She answer. She is fun, I laugh a bit and realize how beautiful she is in the outfit and the makeover. But I prefer the usual Katniss actually. Massive doors open and district 1 ride out in a chariot that is very beautiful, but the careers scare me. We hear the roar of the crowd.

Then it's our turn to ride and show for the crowd. Cinna says "Here we go then" and sets our capes on fire. It doesn't hurt at all. Just a synthetic fire shows. Katniss looks wonderful, she fits in fire. Cinna says, "It works!" What? Did he put something he didn't know working? That could make me and Katniss to living torches? They are crazy here! "Remember, heads high, smile. They are going to love you!" Cinna says. Cinna jumps off the chariot, but had a last idea. He screams "Hold hands". Katniss didn't hear for the music. She asks"What's he saying?". She looks at me with big eyes. "I think he said for us to hold hands" I tell her. I grab her right hand in my left. We look at Cinna for confirmation, and he nods.

The crowd shouts "District 12! District 12!" and they find our names in the program and begin to shout "Katniss! Peeta!" Katniss caught a red rose and she starts to blow kisses to the audience that tries to catch them. The president welcomes us to the capital. They show pictures of the tributes, and it's mostly me and Katniss at them.

Cinna and Portia help us down from the chariots. The other tributes are shooting me and Katniss dirty looks. They are jealous that we stole the show. Katniss hand is glued to mine, I massage my hands. "Thanks for keeping hold of me. I was getting a little shaky there" I say to Katniss. "It didn't show" she tells me. "I am sure that no one noticed" No they didn't notice, they did just notice the beautiful girl beside me. "I am sure that no one noticed anything but you. You should wear flames more often" I tell her. "Flames suits you". What did I just say? I blush a little, but hide it with a smile. She stands at her tiptoes and kiss me at my check, at the bruise. I feel warm inside and we take the elevator to our flour.

Me, Portia and Cinna are at the balcony and look out on a city in light. At home it would be dark by now. But it never be here. Effie calls us for dinner; I am a bit hungry actually. Katniss join us, and sooner even Haymitch does. We talk about our strategies. A silent man offers us steamed glasses of wine. I don't drink it.

When they serve us a burning cake, Katniss asks "What makes it burn? Is it alcohol?" and then she looks at the girl with darkly red hair and she says "That's the last thing I wa.." She cuts herself of. "Oh I know you!" She says to the girl. And the girl looks terrified at her and shakes her head. What? Does she know someone in the capital? "Don't be ridiculous Katniss! How could you possibly know an Avox?" snaps Effie. What's an Avox I ask myself? I don't know. "The very thought". And Katniss asks Effie "What's an Avox?" and Haymitch answer her " Someone that committed a crime. They cut her tongue so she can't speak". And Cinna says "She's probably a tradiator of some sort. Not likely you know her". She is in trouble. But at last I rescue her with the suggestion that she is very alike Delly Cartwright, but she isn't. She smiles gratefully against me.

She explain it at the roof, and after that we go to bed.

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